You might see that the Dropbox Community team have been busy working on some major updates to the Community itself! So, here is some info on what’s changed, what’s staying the same and what you can expect from the Dropbox Community overall.
How do YOU access Dropbox?
Hi Dropbox community - I'm a design researcher here at Dropbox. I'm curious about how you access Dropbox! How do you access Dropbox: the website,the desktop app (for mac/windows), and/or the mobile app (iOS, android)? For those you use, why do you use them? For those you don't, why not? Is there anything you wish you could do on one that you can't today? Why?
OCR without mobile app
I have a family account and want to use OCR to create searchable PDF files. I want to use the following workflow: 1. Use Brother ADS 2800w to scan paper (German language) and send PDF file to a folder inside of my Dropbox (notice that I do not select "searchable PDF" but only "PDF" in the document scanner, since otherwise this would then firstly go to the Brother Cloud to use their OCR analysis) 2. Wait for Dropbox to autmatically (or can I trigger OCR?) apply the OCR analysis to my files, so that I can search for strings in those files let's say one day later. Is this possible? If yes, when will Dropbox analysis my files? Or is the Dropbox OCR feature limited to the mobile app? Best regards
EDIT Powerpoint in dropbox not working
Dear All, This is a new problem this week. After years of working on PPT files directly from DropBox (using PowerPoint for Web), this is now presenting me with a blank screen. Here is my setup: - Windows 11 - Chrome (same response on Bing) - DropBox Family Plan - I can Open the file for VIEW only Thanks!!!
Move large sub-folder within Dropbox Family
I have a sub-folder in Dropbox Family containing 180Gb of family photos. I would now like to promote it from being a sub-folder to being a root level folder. If I make that change on the Dropbox website, will each PC in our family then synchronise by deleting all files from the sub-folder and then downloading them all again (will take a very long time)? Or will each PC simply move the files without deleting/redownloading (much quicker)? What is the quickest and most effective way to make that change?
